Warmest September ever in Scotland

The Meteorological Office has published the aggregate weather data for Scotland in September and it shows that it was the warmest ever recorded. Temperatures during the month were 2.8C above the 1961-1990 average, which is in the "exceptionally above-average category" and was the highest figure ever recorded for the month, 0.6C above the previous record in 1958. Rainfall was about average across the country while the sunshine total of 114.3 hours was 116% of the 1961-90 average.